The Wall › Panel 40E › Texas › Robert Earl Green
ROBERT EARL GREEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1947 – February 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Earl Green, of Waco, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 74
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 74
- DONALD GENE HICKSPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- WILLIAM REID HIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE HILLPetty Officer Third Class · February 23, 1968
- LOUIS ALVARADO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM REID HIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 74
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.